Local doctor, MIT star soccer player and family identified as victims in deadly plane crash

A Rochester doctor and his family were among six people killed in a plane crash in Columbia County Saturday.

The plane crash happened in Copake, about 50 miles southeast of Albany.

In a press briefing on Sunday, NTSB officials said the scene is located in an open field. The aircraft was reportedly "compressed, buckled, and embedded into the terrain."

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